- Eye-Fi
Eye-Fi is a 2GB
SD card that hasWi-Fi capabilities.It can uploadJPEG photos from the camera to photo sharing sites such asFlickr ,Facebook , andPhotoBucket .The Eye-Fi Card is a wireless memory card. It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac and optionally to your favorite photo sharing, printing,blogging orsocial networking site.Eye-Fi is located in Mountain View, California.
Technical Specifications
* Wi-Fi Security: Static
WEP 40/104/128,WPA-PSK ,WPA2-PSK
* Range: 90+ feet (27.4m) outdoors and 45+ feet (13.7m) indoors
* Storage Capacity: 2.0 GB
* Power: advanced power management optimizes use of camera power
* Card Dimensions: SD standard 32mm x 24mm x 2.1mm
* Card Weight: 0.1oz.
* 802.11g, 802.11b and backwards-compatible 802.11n wireless networksCurrently Supported Photo Services
*
Adobe Photoshop Express
*Costco Photo Center
*dotPhoto
*Facebook
*Flickr
*Fotki
* Gallery 2
*Kodak EasyShare Gallery
*Phanfare
*Photobucket
*Picasa Web Albums
* RitzPix
*Sharpcast
*Shutterfly
*SmugMug
*Snapfish
*TypePad
* Vox
*Walmart
*Webshots
*Windows Live Hardware
The card is manufactured for Eye-Fi by
Wintec Industries Inc. ofMilpitas ,California , and contains the following major components:*
Atheros AR6001GL "Radio-on-a-Chip for Mobile" (ROCm)
*Samsung Electronics K9LAG08U1MNAND flash
*Hyperstone S4 FlashMemory Controller
*Epic Communications FM2422 Compact RF Front-End Module
*Fairchild Semiconductor FAN5350 step-downswitching voltage regulator Related Links
* [http://www.eye.fi Official Eye-Fi Site]
* [http://forums.eye.fi Official Eye-Fi Forum]
* [http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1174944 Inside the Eye-Fi: Secrets of the First Wireless SD Card]
* [http://www.ikontools.com/articles/eyefi-dissected The Eye-Fi Card - Dissected]
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